This freud 72-300 bit is a conical (V shaped) shaped ballnose with the tip being 1/32 inch.I want to try it for lithophane.How woud I classify this bit as an addition to the bit menu. Its not exactly a straight ballnose, and it is not a V bit either.Its a bit of both.Here it is:http://www.rockler.com/freud-72-300-tap ... -1-4-shank

Thanks. I have added the tapered ballnose.Unfortunately, when I imported the PhotoVCarve toolpath file into VCarve, I was unable to change the bit size that I originally used with PhotoVcarve to the new tapered ballnose bit entry in VCarve.

kristenanne77 wrote:Unfortunately, when I imported the PhotoVCarve toolpath file into VCarve, I was unable to change the bit size that I originally used with PhotoVcarve to the new tapered ballnose bit entry in VCarve.

I never tried it as I do not own PhotoVCarve, but it makes sense to me: you import a toolpath calculated by another software, so you can't change such a fundamental parameter as the tool which requires recalculating the toolpath.

I assume you have the same limitations as in Aspire: moving the toolpath (and not resizing it) and changing cutting parameters (speed and feedrate). See your Vcarve reference manual or help.